Course Mapping

Click here for Course Mapping (Exchange from AY2026/2027 onwards)

For outgoing students on exchange in AY2025/2026 and before

How to submit mapping

All mapping requests need to be submitted via NUS EduRec to ensure that your proposed mappings can be forwarded to the respective host department and to prevent delays in reviewing your requests.
Ensure all information is accurate & filled up, incomplete info may delay the review process.
You should provide the partner university course information as received from the source.
Do your part of due diligence in reading the course description/syllabus and checking the similarities before submitting any mapping. Randomly submitting mappings will not lead to desired outcomes.
DO NOT submit multiple mappings pertaining to the same course as the mapping worksheet only allows a total of 20 mapping requests.
Email Partner University if you are unable to find the detail course information online.
If you wish to map a course to a specific NUS course, please ensure that both courses are similar in content/contact hours before submitting.
For example, trying to map Japanese 1 to French 1 is not going to work. The main reasons for unsuccessful mapping are:
- Dissimilar content: at least 50% similarity in content is required between mapping courses – a similar title does not equal sufficient content overlap;
- Restrictions by partner universities: some engineering courses at partner universities are NOT available to exchange students because of over-subscription by their own students. This also occurs for courses in popular programmes such as computing and business. A partner university has the prerogative to impose such restrictions at any time, without prior notice to NUS, such that a course that was previously available can become unavailable – NUS is unable to help you to appeal to partner universities for special consideration;
- Not an exchange partner in your programme: e.g. if NUS Mechanical Engineering has an agreement with the Mechanical Engineering programme of a partner university, but not with their Aeronautical Engineering programme, you would NOT be able to read courses from the Aeronautical Engineering programme at that university. You should always check the details provided by the partner university and never make assumptions.
Please provide an English translation where applicable. Descriptions in other languages will not be approved.

Your home department may have more details on mapping, please refer to their latest instructions. Additional information:

Common Curriculum

Students admitted from AY2021/2022 onwards should complete their common curriculum at NUS as the courses are generally not eligible for mapping.

For the pillars which are eligible for mapping, students should submit their mapping request to a specific NUS course and not use dummy codes.

Mapping requests will still be subject to review and approval by the host department.

Common Curriculum Pillar	Course Code	Course Title	Applicable to	Eligible for mapping
Design Thinking	DTK1234 / DTK1234A	Design Thinking	All CDE students	No
Maker Space	EG1311	Design and Make	All CDE students	No
Project Management	PF1101A	Fundamentals of Project Management and Finance	All CDE students	No
Creating Narratives	CDE2000	Creating Narratives	All CDE students	No
Systems Thinking	IE2141	Systems Thinking and Dynamics	All CDE students	No
Artificial Intelligence	EE2211 or EE2213	Introduction to Machine Learning or Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	BEng	No
	CDE2212	AI for Design	BA(ID), BA(Arch), BLA	No
	PF3211	AI Applications for the Built Environment	BSc(PFM)	No
Sustainable Futures	CDE2501	Sustainable Systems for Liveable Cities	All CDE students	No
Cultures & Connections	Any course in the GEC pillar as published on the GE website		All CDE students	Yes
Critique & Expression	ES2631	Critique and Communication of Thinking and Design	BEng, BSc(PFM)	No
Critique & Expression	Any course in the GEX pillar as published on the GE website		BA(ID), BA(Arch), BLA	Yes
Data Literacy	GEA1000 or ST1131 or DSA1101 or BT1101	Quantitative Reasoning with Data or Introduction to Statistics or Introduction to Data Science or Introduction to Business Analytics	BEng (except ISE)	Yes
	IE1111R	Industrial & Systems Engrg Principles & Practice I	BEng (ISE)	No
	Any course in the GEA pillar as published on the GE website		BSc(PFM), BA(ID), BA(Arch), BLA	Yes
Digital Literacy	CS1010%	Programming Methodology	BEng	No
	AR2524	Spatial Computational Thinking	BA(Arch), BLA	No
	ID2116	Computing for Design	BA(ID)	No
	GEI1001 / COS1000 / CS1010S / CS1010E	Computational Reasoning / Computational Thinking for Scientists / Programming Methodology / Programming Methodology	BSc(PFM) GEI1001 for Cohorts AY22-23 to AY23-24 only	No
Singapore Studies	Any course in the GESS pillar as published on the GE website (except EG2501 / CDE5201)		All CDE students	Yes
Communities and Engagement	Any course in the GEN pillar as published on the GE website		All CDE students	Yes

For non-CDE students wishing to map courses from the common curriculum, please refer to the below table:

Module Code	Module Title	Eligible for mapping
DTK1234	Design Thinking	No
EG1311	Design and Make	No
PF1101A	Fundamentals of Project Management and Finance	No
IE2141	Systems Thinking and Dynamics	No
CDE2501	Sustainable Systems for Liveable Cities	No
IE1111R	Industrial & Systems Engrg Principles & Practice I	No
Any GE-coded course offered by CDE		Yes

Critical Thinking and Writing

General Education courses

For cohorts admitted before AY2021/22: link

To highlight: "Courses read from overseas/partner universities while students are on Student Exchange Programmes/Summer Programmes/Winter Programmes/Study Abroad Programmes cannot be used to fulfil the General Education requirement."

For cohorts admitted from AY2021/22 onwards: link

To highlight: "Students from College of Humanities and Sciences and College of Design and Engineering will satisfy GE requirements with course within their common curriculum." Please refer to the section on common curriculum.

Engineering Core

Only EG2401A is eligible for mapping, please provide complete information in the mapping worksheet to facilitate the review process.

Other courses under Engineering Core cannot be mapped.

Engineering Core	Course Code	Course Title	Eligible for mapping
Modelling & Simulation	MA1505	Mathematics I	No
	MA1508E	Linear Algebra for Engineering	No
	MA1511	Engineering Calculus	No
	MA1512	Differential Equations for Engineering	No
	MA1513	Linear Algebra with Differential Equations	No
	CE2407A	Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers	No
	CE2407B	Introduction to Numerical Methods for Engineers	No
Engineering Professionalism	EG2401A	Engineering Professionalism	Yes
Engineering Professionalism	EG2101	Pathways to Engineering Leadership (applicable to E-scholars)	No

UEMs

To map a course as a UEM,

Map to a relevant NUS course code.
For example, the PU course you wish to read is a Science-related course, please research for possible close matches and use FoS course code, and FoS will review your request.
A dummy code may be used if there are no similar NUS courses, please check with your home department for possible dummy codes.

Your home department may have more details on mapping, please refer to their latest instructions.

Economics courses

Note that mapping for the following courses will not be approved:

EC1101E/ EC1301

EC2101

EC2102

EC2104

EC2303

EC3101

EC3102

EC3303

EC3304

General Education courses: EC2204, EC2205 and EC3305

All EC level-4000 and higher courses

Students should clear EC1301, EC2101, EC2102 and preferably EC2303 with a grade of “C” or higher before going on SEP as these are usually the prerequisites for level 3000 courses. (This is a requirement by the Economics department)
Note that the Economics department will not accept any requests to map courses after a student has returned from their SEP.
Students can also choose dummy codes if they are unsure. Dummy codes are identified by the 7 in the second digit. For example, EC2741 is categorized as EC coded dummy course at L2000 (2), Dummy code (7), 4 MC course (4), first code in its sequence (1)

Business courses

Law courses

For mapping of Faculty of Law courses, please input the answers to the questions below under “other information” when you submit your request in EduRec.

How many credits is this course rated at the host University and what are the equivalent NUS credits?
How many host university credits does your home department require you to do in a semester at the host university?
Please provide more details on course description, syllabus, assessment, URL etc, if not already provided.

Language courses

All language-related courses have to be mapped to a specific code under Center for Language Studies (CLS).

Please note that the review will take about three weeks upon receipt of all required information, and there is a block out period for review during CourseReg.

Language-related courses mapped under EX codes will be rejected. If the language is not offered by CLS, please use LAX1741 for their review.

After Submission

Do not submit a request at the last minute and expect a quick response; there may be several layers of approval and the onus is on you to submit in a timely manner. Decisions made are final.
Only if you do not hear from the host department after 2 months, please email to CDE Student Exchange with the message – “No results on mapping_Name_Student Number” together with a screenshot of your course mapping request.
No submission of mapping requests after your exchange.
Ensure that mapping is approved before you register for the overseas course(s) if credit transfer is imperative; otherwise, you run the risk of being unable to transfer credits back if the mapping is not approved.
You do not have to seek approval for courses that you wish to read for enrichment purposes only, i.e. you have no intention of transferring the credits back to NUS.
All courses taken overseas will be excluded from GPA computation should you wish to transfer the credits back to NUS. Please ensure that you do not violate the residency requirement and minimum MC requirements when you do so.